Finland at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Finland
games=1972 Summer
competitors=96 (89 men and 7 women)
sports=16
flagbearer=Ilkka Nummisto
gold=3
silver=1
bronze=4
total=8

Finland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Finland finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and eight medals overall.

Gold

* Pekka Vasala — Athletics, Men's 1,500m
* Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 5,000m
* Lasse Virén — Athletics, Men's 10,000m

Silver

* Reima Virtanen — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Bronze

* Tapio Kantanen — Athletics, Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
* Kyösti Laasonen — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
* Ristó Hurme, Veikko Salminen, and Martti Ketelä — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
* Risto Björlin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Results by event

=Archery=

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Finland entered three men. They won a bronze medal.

Men's Individual Competition:
* Kyösti Laasonen — 2467 points (→ Bronze Medal)
* Olavi Laurila — 2372 points (→ 20th place)
* Jorma Sandelin — 2278 points (→ 40th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
*Antti Rajamäki:* First Heat — 10.52s (→ did not advance)

*Raimo Vilen:* First Heat — 11.00s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
*Pekka Vasala:* Heat — 3:40.9:* Semifinals — 3:37.9:* Final — 3:36.3 (→ Gold Medal)

*Pekka Paivarinta:* Heat — 3:40.9:* Semifinals — 3:45.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
*Tapio Kantanen:* Heat — 13:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay
*Antti Rajamäki, Raimo Vilen, Erik Gustafsson, and Markku Juhola:* Heat — 39.54s :* Semifinals — 39.30s (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Mikko Saarinen:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated David Attan (KEN), TKO-2 :* Third Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 0:5

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race (200 km)
* Harry Hannus — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Mauno Uusivirta — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Tapani Vuorenhela — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Ole Wackström — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard:
* Pentti Koskinen — 336.99 points (15th place)

Women's 3m Springboard:
* Laura Kivelä — 236.25 points (24th place)

Women's 10m Platform:
* Laura Kivelä — 172.65 points (22nd place)

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Ristó Hurme — 5094 points (→ 8th place)
* Veikko Salminen — 4852 points (→ 17th place)
* Martti Ketelä — 4849 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Hurme, Salminen, and Ketelä — 14812 points (→ Bronze Medal)

=Rowing=

Men's Coxed Pairs
*Leo Ahonen, Leif Anderson and Antero Yli-lkkelä:*Heat — 8:06.56:*Repechage — 8:11.89 (→ did not advance)